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Event Description On Tuesday, April 6th at 6:00 p.m. central time, the LaSalle Public Library virtually will host Erika Holst, Curator of History at the Illinois State Museum, when she presents, “Behind the Beautiful Dress: Making Cloth and Clothing in the 19th Century.” It is hard to overstate the role of textiles in early American life. For families, the making of textiles and clothing required countless hours of labor. On the other hand, the purchase of textiles could consume a large portion of the household budget. For the nation, textiles drove the American pre-Civil War economy. T...